"I APOLOGIZE FOR MY pets' behaviour," Angelos said as Lin stood up from her meal. "They need to learn some manners. Or else."
Lin looked down at the body of the young man and sighed. It had been a long time since she'd turned a man, and she missed watching them wake to their new life, tutoring them, and killing them when they failed to thrive. A twitter fluttered in the space above her navel at the thought. She glanced past the body to the gargoyle that was rubbing its back against a tombstone. "Maybe they just feel unsatisfied."
"Don't we all."
Lin turned back to him. "But for them, it's simple: they want to fly."
"Maybe, but they haven't grown their wings yet. The self-serving cretin who created them lacked intelligence."
"No." Lin shook her head, ignoring his tensing when she appro
